icon

ADVANCED SEARCH

Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902351_1764e43ba294ecb4e6d7049c20c43659.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902351) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "1764e43ba294ecb4e6d7049c20c43659.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4182/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4182/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4182/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4182/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Publication |

    Situation in Syria, in particular in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish

    Tabled by Barbara Lochbihler, Davor Skrlec, Karima Delli, Ernest Urtasun, Eva Joly, Bronis Rope, Bodil Ceballos, Reinhard Butikofer on behalf of the Greens/EFA group The European Parliament, –    having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, including on the destruction of cul...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902356_0fcea38f0cb4ea81a7e46e9823b1de52.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902356) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0fcea38f0cb4ea81a7e46e9823b1de52.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4200/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4200/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4200/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4200/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Turkey

    Commenting on the results of Sunday's parliamentary election in Turkey, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said:"This vote gives hope for democracy and human rights in Turkey. After the dramatic lurch by Turkish president Erdogan away from basic democratic norms and values in the recent past...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(35) "files/assets/imgs/list/efa_logo.jpg" ["title"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["copyright"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902358) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ad3022bb2f519724f121d45982c981e6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4204/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4204/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4204/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4204/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" }
    EFA logo
    EFA logo
    News |

    EFA - Visit to Israel and Palestine

    Day One - Wednesday 3 June I have been to Palestine and Israel many times in the past fifteen years and I have seen many changes, but some things stay the same. The occupation, of course. The siege of Gaza. The settlements. The continuing lack of justice for the Palestinians. Having arrived in Tel A...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902383_d57ab536aaa64507f614a7b436d84251.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902383) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "d57ab536aaa64507f614a7b436d84251.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4250/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4250/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4250/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4250/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Event |

    Beyond Dublin

    What is the alternative to the dysfunctional Dublin system? The Greens/EFA hearing explores new pathways towards a fair asylum system in Europe. Distribution quotas for asylum seekers are not enough. The Dublin system must be replaced by a system in which all Member States share responsibility for asylum seekers and which takes into accou…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(35) "files/assets/imgs/list/efa_logo.jpg" ["title"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["copyright"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902362) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ad3022bb2f519724f121d45982c981e6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4212/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4212/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4212/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4212/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" }
    EFA logo
    EFA logo
    Press release |

    EFA Group - Visit to Israel and Palestine

    MEPs from the EFA Group in the European Parliament are visiting Israel and Palestine this week as part of a fact finding mission to the region. The MEPs include Josep-Maria Terricabras (President of the EFA Group), Jill Evans (Vice-President), Ernest Maragall, Jordi Sebastià and Alyn Smith. They a...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902367_8e3dcf54e4bf3863ec05bb60995ba020.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902367) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8e3dcf54e4bf3863ec05bb60995ba020.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4229/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4229/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4229/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4229/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Eastern Partnership Summit

    Commenting on the outcome of today's summit between the EU and its 6 Eastern Partnership countries, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms and Green foreign policy spokesperson Heidi Hautala (1) said: “Now, more than ever, we must work to ensure our partner countries in the East are encouraged to c...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902368_ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902368) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4230/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4230/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4230/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4230/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Brussels plenary included financial benchmarks, conflict minerals, the situation in Hungary, European agenda on migration, money laundering, maternity leave, the visit of Rajagopal, leader of the "sans terres" movement, “better regulation” package, the state of nature report.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(35) "files/assets/imgs/list/efa_logo.jpg" ["title"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["copyright"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902375) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ad3022bb2f519724f121d45982c981e6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4238/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4238/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4238/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/4238/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" }
    EFA logo
    EFA logo
    Press release |

    Tackling the trade in conflict minerals

    The European Parliament voted today on a draft law to break the link between mineral extraction and the financing of armed groups in areas of conflict. Profits from the so-called "conflict minerals" fuel further violence and killing. The law covers four minerals: gold, tin, tantalum and tu...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902369_90f3aa3ca25cb6579f2a580ccbfde5f9.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902369) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "90f3aa3ca25cb6579f2a580ccbfde5f9.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4232/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4232/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4232/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4232/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Publication |

    Swaziland, notably the cases of Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu

    Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Maria Heubuch, Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Bodil Ceballos, Igor Šoltes on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, - having regard to the revised Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Paci...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481902373_0763d1c50904915d96f6c9117ae6dca6.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481902373) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0763d1c50904915d96f6c9117ae6dca6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4234/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4234/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4234/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/4234/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Publication |

    Zimbabwe, notably the case of Itai Dzamara

    Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Maria Heubuch, Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Bodil Ceballos, Igor Šoltes on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group  The European Parliament, - having regard to its previous resolutions on Zimbabwe, - having regard to the revised Partnership A...